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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of centers does Captain Shi Qiang describe all around the world and working together in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?
(a) Battle Command Centers.
(b) Government Command Centers.
(c) Research Command Centers.
(d) Astral Command Centers.

2. In what year was the beginning of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, according to the narrator in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1966.

3. What was the profession of Fu Lei?
(a) Writer.
(b) Actor.
(c) Painter.
(d) Translator and critic.

4. Who has implicated Ye Wenjie for writing a letter that promotes anti-socialist ideals in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"?
(a) Cheng Lihua.
(b) Ruan Wen.
(c) Bai Mulin.
(d) Shao Lin.

5. When does the narrator describe the implementation of the OZMAII plan in Chapter 13, "Red Coast III"?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1911.
(d) 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ye Wenjie's daughter that Wang comes to see her about in Chapter 8, "Ye Wenjie"?

2. Who is the Political Commissar introduced to Ye Wenjie in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"?

3. What literary device is employed in the following sentence from Chapter 1, "The Madness Years": "Their red flags fluttered restlessly around the brigade building like flames yearning for firewood"?

4. What was Wen Jie's profession?

5. Who launched the Planck satellite, according to the narrator in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shi relate to Wang regarding the academic community in Chapter 10, "Da Shi"?

2. What setting is established in Chapter 2, "Silent Spring"? What has brought Ye Wenjie to this location?

3. How does Bai Mulin betray Ye Wenjie? Why does he betray her?

4. Who is Shao Lin and what is revealed about her character in Chapter 1, "The Madness Years"?

5. What is the "microwave background" and how is it described in Chapter 9, "The Universe Flickers"?

6. Where does Ye Wenjie go after her father's death? Why?

7. Where is Ye Wenjie taken by helicopter in Chapter 3, "Red Coast I"? Why?

8. Describe the narrative style in The Three-Body Problem. Does the narrative style change in the course of the novel?

9. What is the significance of the literary allusions to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in the novel?

10. What subjects does Ye Wenjie study in Chapter 12, "Red Coast II"? Why?

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